11 And a voice came from heaven, “You are my beloved Son with you I am well pleased.”ġ2 The Spirit immediately drove him out into the wilderness. 10 And when he came up out of the water, immediately he saw the heavens being torn open and the Spirit descending on him like a dove. 8 I have baptized you with water, but he will baptize you with the Holy Spirit.” 9 In those days Jesus came from Nazareth of Galilee and was baptized by John in the Jordan. God reveals himself and his work and speaks to us his people through his Word.ġ The beginning of the gospel of Jesus Christ, the Son of God.Ĥ John appeared, baptizing in the wilderness and proclaiming a baptism of repentance for the forgiveness of sins…7 And he preached, saying, “After me comes he who is mightier than I, the strap of whose sandals I am not worthy to stoop down and untie. We lift up our requests to God knowing that he hears us when we pray. Strength for today, and bright hope for tomorrowīlessings all mine, with ten thousand beside. Thine own dear presence to cheer and to guide Pardon for sin and a peace that endureth, This is Thy pleasure: that Thou art my joy. Yet in thy mercy, how pleasing thou find’st me, I found my Treasure, my pleasure, in Thee. Then without warning, desire, or deserving, I could not love Thee, so blind and unfeeling Great is Thy faithfulness, great is Thy faithfulness Thou changest not, Thy compassions, they fail not Great is Thy faithfulness, O God my Father Song of Thanks | Great Is Thy FaithfulnessĪs we offer our prayers so we also offer up our thanks in song. We offer our gratitude to God in prayer in response to his gifts and blessings to his people and ask that he make us faithful managers of these gifts. O God, let us be a generation that seeks, that seeks Your face, oh, God of Jacob./ Give us clean hands, give us pure hearts, let us not lift our souls to another./ We turn our eyes from evil things, oh, Lord we cast down our idols. We bow our hearts, we bend our knees, oh, Spirit come and make us humble. We can’t make it on our own, oh God, we need the cross and the Savior’s blood./ We respond in repentance and praise for God’s redemptive work in Christ.
This assurance is based on God’s words of promise and it is therefore certain.Ģ3 All have sinned and fall short of the glory of God, 24 and are justified by God’s grace as a gift, through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus. The good news of the gospel is that we are forgiven in Jesus Christ. 12 All have turned aside together they have become worthless no one does good, not even one.” 13 “Their throat is an open grave they use their tongues to deceive.” “The venom of asps is under their lips.” 14 “Their mouth is full of curses and bitterness.” 15 “Their feet are swift to shed blood 16 in their paths are ruin and misery, 17 and the way of peace they have not known.” 18 “There is no fear of God before their eyes.”Īssurance of Pardon | Romans 3:23-24 | Blake Arnoult We fight the temptation to hide our sin and instead acknowledge it openly to God, but we do so in light of the grace offered in Jesus.ġ0 None is righteous, no, not one 11 no one understands no one seeks for God. Music and Lyrics: Charles Wesley, Mark E. Psalms, hymns, spiritual songs are simply prayers that are sung. *Song of Confession | Come Thou Long Expected Jesus 7 Then he appeared to James, then to all the apostles. 6 Then he appeared to more than five hundred brothers at one time, most of whom are still alive, though some have fallen asleep. With the church in history we confess a basic statement of what Christians believe.ġ Now I would remind you, brothers, of the gospel I preached to you, which you received, in which you stand, 2 and by which you are being saved, if you hold fast to the word I preached to you-unless you believed in vain.ģ For I delivered to you as of first importance what I also received: that Christ died for our sins in accordance with the Scriptures, 4 that he was buried, that he was raised on the third day in accordance with the Scriptures, 5 and that he appeared to Cephas, then to the twelve. *Confession of Faith | 1 Corinthians 15:1-7 Sing your praise to the Lord all the earth! We begin by responding with praise to God for who he is and for what he does. *Song of Adoration | O For A Thousand Tongues To Sing Who publishes peace, who brings good news of happiness,
God invites and calls us into his presence to worship him.Īre the feet of him who brings good news, *Call to Worship | Isaiah 52:7 | Blake Arnoult